Our intersecting crises of homelessness, mental health, and addiction are a direct result of City Hall’s failure over multiple decades to meet the moment. We have not built enough housing or invested in long-term treatment and prevention. With housing costs continuing to skyrocket and the most lethally addictive drugs ever known flooding our streets, these crises pose the most significant threat to San Francisco’s long-term survival since the Great Fire. 

We cannot solve these crises in isolation or continue our failed piecemeal approach of applying band aids to festering wounds. We must think as big as the problem. That is why I am proposing the most ambitious project San Francisco has ever embarked on, taking  the lessons of our failures and turning them into our strengths to show the world what San Franciscans are capable of when we are united in resolve and focus.

I am proposing a commitment of $1 billion in existing funds to construct an Addiction and Mental Health Housing and Recovery Complex within two years at the Hunters Point Navy Yard. We will finally clean up the toxic mess that has been allowed to fester there and we will transform our scattershot approach into a targeted laser beam of intervention unifying existing and untapped resources. Together we will develop a singular, comprehensive solution.

In coordination with the federal and state government we will declare a time-limited 2 year State of Emergency to fully marshall the resources at every level and remove time consuming barriers to action.

It is time for us to think as big as the problem. San Francisco must embark on a Moonshot—a bold endeavor that dares us to think on the grandest scale possible to transform our city into a global pioneer in combating our addiction, mental health and housing crises, reigniting the fire within our community and medical professionals to step back into the fight.

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Funding

We will utilize $200 million from San Francisco's opioid settlements as our initial investment. Additionally, we will redirect funding streams designated for housing and homelessness, such as $100 million from Prop C funds and $100 million from the Health Care Security Fund, as well as seek support from statewide initiatives like the new Mental Health Bond and CARE Courts. Federal funds, philanthropy, and contributions from neighboring Bay Area cities and counties will also bolster our efforts. We will finally clean up the Navy Yard and streamline and coordinate existing funding sources and condense our endeavors into one unified mission:

In 2 years, create the most comprehensive and sustained approach to addiction, mental health, and housing in the United States, accountable to tangible results and the recovery of our community.